Improving Supply Chains in the Oil and Gas Industry: 12 Modules to Improve Chronic Challenges for Maintenance, Repair and Operations

This book examines and provides solutions to the challenges in the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) supply chains of the oil and gas industry, focusing on reliability and value. It covers the end-to-end nature of the supply chain and challenges paradigms and accepted practices, offering opportunities for transformation. The insights are based on personal experiences and are industry-generic, making it a valuable resource for practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 28 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate realm of Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) supply chains within the oil and gas industry, a sector grappling with profound challenges amidst low oil prices, emerging technologies, and a societal shift towards cleaner energies. It offers a holistic analysis and presents innovative solutions to address the core challenges faced by this industry.

The book begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the oil and gas supply chain, encompassing its end-to-end nature and highlighting the prevailing paradigms and conventional approaches that have failed to yield sustainable results. It challenges the notion that reorganization alone can solve these problems and identifies opportunities to shift the paradigm towards reliability and value creation.

Through personal experiences and insights gained from years of front-line work, the authors offer a wealth of knowledge and practical strategies. The book's 12 modules are grounded in industry-generic principles, making them easily transferable to other MRO supply chains. Readers are encouraged to use this book as a valuable reference for their own supply chain transformations.

The primary target audience of this book includes practitioners at the highest levels of management, including chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief supply chain officers, engineers, and heads of procurement, purchasing, operations, and materials management. By leveraging the insights and practical approaches presented herein, these professionals can drive transformative change within their organizations and contribute to the overall success of the MRO supply chain industry.

Weight: 324g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030950651
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022